The Sea House Tapuaetahi Bay of Islands NZ

Name: The Sea House Tapuaetahi Bay of Islands NZ
Address: 53 Taronui Road Tapuaetahi Beach Te Tii, Kerikeri, NZ
Telephone: 021466486
Price range: $$
Rating: 5

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The Sea House Tapuaetahi Bay of Islands NZ

Secluded peaceful location with the sea view of your dreams. Exclusive use, no sharing with others. Either way you have exclusive use. And the occasional orca.
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We are at the tiny private village of Tapuaetahi on the Purerua Peninsula outside Kerikeri. Our place, The Sea House, has two fully equipped self contained equipped apartments. Linen and towels, are supplied, all you need to bring is your food supplies. Booking TIDE is perfect for a romantic retreat, $295 per night for up to two people. Or having both apartments is perfect for a group of friends

or family
For up to six people booking both apartments the price is a total of $550 per night. There is also a third space The Lounge, which has extra beds if needed along with a small kitchenette , bathroom /laundry. There is no traffic noise, no sirens, no stress, just the sound of the ocean right out front.

23/06/2024

My neighbour just popped out for a quick fish.
He caught this right out front.
And shared it, so guess what’s for dinner tonight.
We are so lucky in our little village to have such a resource right out front.

03/05/2024

Who wants to be this person out fishing here?
It’s easy when this is how close the place you are staying is to the water.
And yes snapper were caught for breakfast!

12/04/2024

When you accidentally take an ‘arty’ shot while trying to capture the new moon.
Couldn’t do it again if I tried!

12/04/2024

Such a lovely warm evening here at The SeaHouse as we wait for guests to arrive.
The sound of the waves on the full tide is pretty full on.

07/04/2024

Oh oh visitors ! That’s the trouble with having the water right out front. They just silently arrive.

25/03/2024

When your stay at my place coincides with the full moon.
Either by luck or by choice.
By choice is a clever move though.
It’s a stunning and warm morning here in paradise.

05/03/2024

A brief but fierce storm blew in a couple of nights ago.
It left the the air and the plants refreshed, but me exhausted after battening down the hatches!
After it passed by and the sea was calm again, I took a late night bath in my little pavilion facing the ocean.
Fragrant salts, a glass of wine and the sounds of the water lapping at the shore.
This surely must be paradise.
PS No actual in the bath pics included!

05/03/2024

A reflection on the view from another window.

08/01/2024

When my guests have a successful day fishing. And generously share their catch with me.
And I get to cook my favourite snapper dish. It’s so easy. And deliciously fresh.
Here you go.
Line a small heat proof dish with baking paper, add some butter.
Put a layer of freshly picked large leaf spinach roughly chopped into the pan .
( It’s perfect that this is growing lusciously in my garden)
Sprinkle over some finely chopped lemon peel.
Add your fillet of snapper on top of the spinach.
Add freshly ground salt and pepper.
And some more lemon peel. And a little more butter.
Whisk two eggs with a fork and pour over the fish.
Bake at 160 degrees on fan bake until the fish is cooked. Ten minutes or so.
If you are eating alone, just add a few dashes of siracha sauce, and eat straight from the pan. Underneath the fish you will find a kind of spinach omelette flavoured by the fish and the lemon.
It’s a less than perfect photo as I started eating it before I thought it was worth sharing!

13/12/2023

The pohutukawa are flowering, so we picked these, detached the stamens, and made this. It’s a gorgeous colour but not much flavour.
Guessing it has other qualities, but it sure makes a lovely coloured addition to a long gin and tonic over ice.

29/10/2023

And then this happens when Lola decides to show us she still has a sting in her tail. The boulders out front are rolling around under the force of the breakers.

27/10/2023

When the tide retreats and leaves you treasures to discover among the rock pools.

04/10/2023

The view today when I looked up from my laptop.
To everyone working inside today, wouldn’t you just want to be this man?
Just him, his boat and his fishing rod.
I guess it’s his turn to do dinner.
Paradise.

01/09/2023

And then this view from the window the moon was shining through. Same time 5.30 am. No wonder I wake early!

01/09/2023

This morning 5.30 am, the view out front when the moon shone its ray through my side window to wake me up.
Of course I had to go outside to say good morning.

08/08/2023

Today it feels like I am getting there with this huge project.
It’s looking lovely as the new plantings of native species start to grow.
Still love those palms though.

18/07/2023

Just because we can today.

18/07/2023

The perfect fishing spot just a 30 second walk to the water. And yes, there have been some who have caught their first snapper in less than a minute.
Not me though …. I snagged the pohutukawa on the cliff behind me first time!
Wiser now and technique improved.

17/07/2023

The evening view from a different perspective. Who wouldn’t love arriving home to this?

09/07/2023

Finally, a post which doesn’t focus on our view of the sea!
These gorgeous camellias are growing beside the road before turning into the driveway at The Sea House.
They are tall trees which have escaped the huge project of removing non native species, mainly as they are on the road reserve, have a history and once released from the agapanthus strangling them from below, have blossomed extravagantly.
And the larger pinks have the most delightful perfume which justified this small picking.

09/07/2023

This morning we have sparkly silver waters out front and last evening we had gold. What a treasure it is to look out our front windows.

26/03/2023

Ooh. Pop the kettle on….there are early visitors this morning.

25/03/2023

When you arrive at The Sea House Tapuaetahi Bay of Islands NZ late evening and haven’t organised dinner.
This is what you do.
Stand right out front on the rocks and catch yourself a snapper.
This one didn’t take long at all to take the bait.

27/01/2023

Why would I venture out on a wet Friday night when I can have my beer with a view like this?

15/01/2023

When our guests take advantage of the evening light and take a gentle paddle out on the water as the tide turns. Why wouldn’t you on such a perfect evening?

Address

53 Taronui Road Tapuaetahi Beach Te Tii
Kerikeri

Telephone

021466486

Website

http://www.theseahouse.nz/

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